This last week was interesting. We went with a member and
his wife out to their little farm and picked corn one morning. Then we went to
their house and shucked and shelled the corn, then cut it off the cob. Then we
ground the corn to make masa. They then made a corn drink/soup called atole
that was fantastic and we ate that with some of the alote (corn on the cob) for
lunch. Then we made tamales using the fresh ground corn and then we used the
remainder of the corn to make a sweet corn bread/cake. We ate the tamales and
corn bread for dinner that day. It was AWESOME!! Food that you pick in the
morning and consume in four different ways by that evening is really cool and
very nutritious. However since Hermana DeWolf is sensitive to corn she ended up
needing to be close to home the next day, LOL.
We only got to the beach one morning this week and we went to our
local beach, Bahia Santa Cruz, where the water is calm. I snorkeled around and
saw some cool fish and an eel. I love diving down after the little puffer fish
and watching them swim as fast as they can to get away from me ; ) I found a
cool shell while I was swimming. We will probably need a truck to bring home
all the cool things we are buying and finding here ; )
Sunday we visited the Branch in Santa Maria Huatulco. It was
the first time we were able to visit there. They asked me to speak and
introduce us and bear my testimony. I was able to do it all in Spanish. Here is my
testimony in Spanish. It has increased in size since my first attempt in my farewell talk in church prior to our leaving for our mission.
Me gustaría compartir
mi testimonio
Yo sé que José Smith
fue un profeta
Sé que la plenitud del
evangelio se restauró a la tierra
Sé que Thomas S Monson
es un profeta
Yo sé que Jesucristo
vive
Sé que Jesucristo es
tu Salvador y el mío
Sé que la Expiación de
Jesucristo es real.
Yo soy, como dicen las
escrituras, un hombre cambiado a causa de la Expiación.
Sé que el Libro de
Mormón es la palabra de Dios
Yo sé que nuestro Padre
Celestial nos conoce y nos ama
Es mi testimonio
En el nombre de
Jesucristo, Amen
You can use Google translate and figure out the parts that
you don’t understand.
Sunday was my best day in church so far. I probably
understood about 20% of what was being said and what was going on. My headache
was not near as bad at the end of the three hours as it usually is ; )
Thank you for the weekly blog. Gilbert your testimony was nice. Have fun talking to little kids since it is easiest to communicate with them when you're new to the language. Also, my kids have recently fallen in love with Nacho Libre so we appreciate your title. Look for some kid luchador outfits. We need costume pieces such as stretchy pants and the luchador masks and capes.
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